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Sanskrit and Maithili


Maithili and Sanskrit


Countries

Countries
India   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
India   
India, Nepal   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Nepal   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
  • Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
  • Maithili has rich literature.
  

Similar To
Old German Language   
Bhojpuri Language   

Derived From
Prakrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
52   
31
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
8   
5

How Many Consonants
36   
26
Not Available   

Scripts
Devanagari   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
20 weeks   
5
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)   
pranam   

Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)   
dhanyabad   

How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)   
Aahan kehan chhi ?   

Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)   
Śubharātri   

Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः   
shubh sandhya   

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार   
dopahar ke bad namaskar   

Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)   
Suprabhaat   

Please
कृपया (kripayā)   
kripaya   

Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   
maf karai   

Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)   
Alavidā   

I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)   
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi   

Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   
kripaya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present   
Tharuwat   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Nepal   

Dialect 2
Not present   
Madhubani   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
North India   

Dialect 3
Not present   
Khortha   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Deoghar, France   

Total No. Of Dialects
0   
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
14.10 million   
99+
32.00 million   
35

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.41 %   
33

Native Speakers
14.10 million   
99+
27.00 million   
30

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
2.80 million   
33

Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)   
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia   

French Name
sanskrit   
maithili   

German Name
Sanskrit   
Maithili   

Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Maithil   

History

Origin
2000 B.C.   
14th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Sanskrit   
Standard Maithili   

Language Position
Not Available   
40   
31

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sa   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
san   
mai   

ISO 639 2/B
san   
mai   

ISO 639 3
san   
mai   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sans1269   
mait1250   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Ancient   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All Sanskrit and Maithili Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Sanskrit and Maithili dialects. Various dialects of Sanskrit and Maithili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sanskrit are spoken in different Sanskrit Speaking Countries whereas Maithili Dialects are spoken in different Maithili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sanskrit vs Maithili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat , Madhubani. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Sanskrit and Maithili Speaking population

Sanskrit and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sanskrit and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Sanskrit and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Sanskrit and Maithili on Sanskrit vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sanskrit and Maithili Language Codes

Sanskrit and Maithili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sanskrit and Maithili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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